Paid sick leave: Number of annual days by service requirement Standard Errors

Table 35. Standard errors for paid sick leave: Number of annual days by service requirement,1 State and
local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2010

Characteristics

Paid sick leave days by length of service2

Mean
number of
days

Median
number of
days

Less than 5
days

5 to 9 days

10 to 14
days

15 to 29
days

Greater
than 29
days

After 1 year

All workers

0.9

1.0

1.6

1.5

0.1

0.2

0.0

Full time

1.0

1.0

1.7

1.5

0.1

0.2

0.0

Part time

–

2.0

2.6

2.3

–

0.3

0.6

Union

1.0

0.9

2.0

1.9

0.1

0.2

0.0

Nonunion

–

1.6

2.2

1.6

–

0.2

0.0

1 to 99 workers

–

2.4

3.0

3.2

–

0.3

[3]

1 to 49 workers

–

3.8

4.6

3.6

–

0.4

[3]

50 to 99 workers

1.7

3.2

4.7

4.6

–

0.4

0.0

100 workers or more

1.0

1.1

1.8

1.6

0.1

0.2

0.0

100 to 499 workers

–

1.7

2.2

2.1

–

0.2

0.0

500 workers or more

1.3

1.3

2.0

1.8

0.1

0.2

0.0

After 5 years

All workers

0.9

1.0

1.7

1.4

0.1

0.1

0.0

Full time

1.0

1.1

1.7

1.5

0.1

0.2

0.0

Part time

–

2.0

2.5

2.1

–

0.3

0.5

Union

1.0

0.9

1.9

1.7

0.1

0.2

0.0

Nonunion

1.6

1.7

2.4

1.7

0.1

0.2

0.0

1 to 99 workers

–

2.3

3.4

3.4

–

0.3

[3]

1 to 49 workers

–

3.6

4.7

3.7

–

0.4

[3]

50 to 99 workers

1.7

3.2

5.0

5.1

–

0.4

[3]

100 workers or more

1.1

1.1

1.8

1.5

0.1

0.2

0.0

100 to 499 workers

–

1.8

2.5

2.6

–

0.3

0.0

500 workers or more

1.4

1.3

2.0

1.6

0.1

0.2

0.0

After 10 years

All workers

0.9

1.5

1.8

1.5

0.1

0.1

0.0

Full time

1.0

1.6

1.9

1.5

0.1

0.2

0.0

Part time

–

2.1

2.4

2.1

–

0.3

0.5

Union

1.0

0.9

2.0

1.8

0.1

0.2

0.0

Nonunion

1.6

2.8

2.6

1.6

0.2

0.2

0.0

1 to 99 workers

–

2.4

3.3

3.2

–

0.3

[3]

1 to 49 workers

–

3.6

5.0

3.7

–

0.4

[3]

50 to 99 workers

1.7

3.3

4.8

4.9

–

0.4

[3]

100 workers or more

1.1

1.7

1.9

1.6

0.1

0.2

0.0

100 to 499 workers

–

1.9

2.6

2.5

–

0.3

0.0

500 workers or more

1.4

2.0

2.1

1.7

0.1

0.2

0.0

After 20 years

All workers

0.9

1.5

1.8

1.6

0.4

0.1

0.0

Full time

1.0

1.6

1.9

1.7

0.4

0.2

0.0

Part time

–

2.0

2.4

2.1

–

0.3

0.6

Union

1.0

0.9

2.0

1.9

0.6

0.2

0.0

Nonunion

1.6

2.8

2.6

1.7

0.2

0.2

0.0

1 to 99 workers

–

2.4

3.4

3.3

–

0.3

[3]

1 to 49 workers

–

3.6

5.3

3.8

–

0.5

[3]

50 to 99 workers

1.7

3.3

4.8

4.9

–

0.4

[3]

100 workers or more

1.0

1.7

1.9

1.7

0.4

0.2

0.0

100 to 499 workers

1.2

1.9

2.6

2.5

0.9

0.3

0.0

500 workers or more

1.3

2.0

2.1

1.8

0.2

0.2

0.0

Footnotes:

1Employees either are granted a specific number of days after completion of the indicated length of service or accrue days during the next 12-month period.
The total number of days is assumed to be available for use immediately upon completion of the service interval. Periods of service are chosen arbitrarily and do
not necessarily reflect individual provisions for progression.

2Employees eligible for paid sick leave but who have not fulfilled the minimum service requirement are included as receiving 0 days.

3Less than 0.05.

NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the
"Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20092010.htm.